The Daily Bulletin/Reveille. (College Station, Tex.) 1916-1938, September 20, 1918, Image 1

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Newspaper Page TextVol. vo. cre oe Texas, Friday, Shit: 20. 1918 Colleg . : 'o Raise "Pigeons For Army Poultry Deprrtment Gots Choice ~ Consignment of Birds For Breeding Purposes ~~ As he nucleus. of ee flock hat wll be used in war department five pairs of homing pigeons have been received by the poultry department of the College The birds are two vears old and trace | their origin to Relgium, where some of . their ancestors flew in 1000 mile] races, but they have shown their good breeding in their own fiights, which have run all the wav from 15 to 500 miles One of the members of the flock flew nearly a mile a minute -in a 200 mile race and all of them have shown good speed. : As soon as new broods are hatched: out here the young birds will be trained to fis ing FN — hfe — R= Erect 80 Tenis for Soldiers wo r— any For the temporary accommodation, of a number of soldiers, the College | authorities have procured from the war department and erected on the Campus in front of the Y M C. A., eighty tents capable of housing six |f men each. . While the tents can be made comfortable in cold weather the; chances are they will not be used after additional berracks have been} constructed 2d f breeding birds for | the| |Forty-Third Term Will Open Today Informal Exercises Launching of Year’s Work in Guion Hall at 10 O’clock Program for Today oh First Period 8.00 to 8:20 Second Period 3:25 to 8:45. Third Period 8:50 to 9:10. Opening exercises, Guion Hall, 10:00. The afternoon ciasses will nssenible to the regular schedule. At 10 o’clock this morning in Guion Hall the formal opening exercises of the forty-third annual session of the College will be held, and all students and instructors are _ expected to at- tend. The program will be informal, with a brief address by President Bizzell, music. Recitations will begin in advance of the formal opening, however, and the the second period will be from 8:25 to 3:45 and the third period from 8:50 to ‘9:10 The formal opening wlll Occupy the period from 10 o’clock until noon And the afternoon classes will assem- ble according to the regular schedule. [All students on the Campus are ex- promptly today. dents coming in. mounting steadily. to Mark the introduction of the new members of the faculty and special - Registration continued heavily all day yesterday, with still other stu- . The enrollment is i eb) Yeaaunllly first classes will meet from 8 to 8:20, ipected to report to all their classes